How To Install libfsverity0 on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfsverity0 on Ubuntu.
What is libfsverity0
libfsverity0 is:
fs-verity is a Linux kernel feature that does transparent on-demand integrity/authenticity verification of the contents of read-only files, using a hidden Merkle tree (hash tree) associated with the file. The mechanism is similar to dm-verity, but implemented at the file level rather than at the block device level.
This package contains the libfsverity shared library.
There are three methods to install libfsverity0 on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libfsverity0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libfsverity0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfsverity0
Install libfsverity0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libfsverity0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfsverity0
Install libfsverity0 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libfsverity0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfsverity0
How To Uninstall libfsverity0 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libfsverity0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfsverity0
Uninstall libfsverity0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfsverity0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfsverity0
Remove libfsverity0 Configurations and Data
To remove libfsverity0 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfsverity0
Remove libfsverity0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfsverity0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfsverity0
Dependencies
libfsverity0 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfsverity0 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.